Integrated Product Policy: The New Approach to Environmental Regulation

Abstract

The development of integrated product policy, environmental controls being complemented by environmental management and the encouragement of "best available techniques"; the first "producer responsibility" obligations; the expected Green Paper; IPP defined as producer responsibility for a product from extraction of raw materials to managing the waste at the end of the product's life; lessons learnt from the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive; other "producer responsibility" initiatives - the proposed directives on end-of-life vehicles and on waste electrical and electronic equipment; compliance and enforcement; competition issues; conclusions that the development of IPP is likely to accelerate, that those affected must monitor developments vigilantly, and that costs for businesses will increase.